Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Toronto Queer Film Festival
This year’s theme, “For a Future to Believe In | Collective Resistance,” responds to global and local variants of fascism and neo-colonialism, and their hastening of climate and social disintegration.
Our theme honours American and Turkish activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, whose belief in the interconnectedness of struggle led her to protest at both Standing Rock and in the West Bank. We take her words, “We are the fire….We are burning for a future to believe in” as a call to action.¹
Egyi’s words remind us that it is possible to build new futures if we recognize the shared power of communities to resist fascism and the intertwined colonial projects in which we find ourselves. TQFF invites you to consider resistance as a multivalent impulse encompassing not only refusal or opposition to currents of division and prejudice, but also a means through which coalition and capacity are built on shared understanding and the principle that no one is disposable.
In this year’s festival offerings you will find films and panels that touch on queer history and place, abolition, ecological interdependence between humans, land, and non humans, disability justice, and a group of vignettes that juxtapose place, space, memory, and displacement. Our curation reflects our continued commitments to Palestinian and Indigenous sovereignty as part of the work of imagining a future founded in abundance and joy.
¹ Burcu & Beyza. 2024. “‘Her Death Was Just One of Many, a Devastating Reminder of the Urgency of Stopping the Ongoing Genocide of Palestinians.’” The New York War Crimes, October 7, 2024. https://newyorkwarcrimes.com/print-issue-vol-iii-no-13.
2025 Schedule
All Events will take place in person at Tranzac Club and online.
For more information, please visit an event page below.
How to Attend the Toronto Queer Film Festival & Symposium
All events take place in person at the Tranzac Club from March 28 – 30, 2025. Select events will be simultaneously live-streamed during this time, as indicated on the festival schedule.
Following the end of our festival weekend, the majority of our programming will be hosted on our website for free until April 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST.
Tickets will be available online starting February 11, 2025. In person tickets will be available at our box office at the Tranzac Club beginning Friday, March 28. Our box office hours are:
Friday, March 28: 4:30 PM – 8:45 PM
Saturday, March 29: 11:30 AM – 8:45 PM
Sunday, March 30: 11:30 AM – 8:45 PM
We accept debit, Visa, Mastercard, and cash.
Following purchase of your ticket you will receive a confirmation email and receipt with more information on creating an account to view our online content. Please allow 24 hours to receive your login details.
Tickets to TQFF are always pay-what-you-can. We will not turn anyone away for a lack of funds. One ticket provides you with access to all TQFF events in person and online.
When setting the price of your ticket, we suggest a rate of $15 per event. We encourage those who can pay more to do so to help offset ticket prices for those who cannot.
All in-person events are general admission, with attendees seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets purchased in advance do not guarantee admission to an in-person screening. Please arrive early to secure your seat.
Code of Conduct
TQFF is committed to providing a lower-risk space in which to convene during a time when the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens continue to pose a significant threat to disabled and vulnerable staff and community members. This year, given the economic constraints placed on us by reduced public funding for the arts, the competing access needs of our artists, and the reduced capacity of our staff, we have chosen to follow a zoned masking policy at the Tranzac Club.
Mask Recommended Zones: Southern Cross, corridors
We strongly recommend all attendees and artists wear masks in mask recommended zones. This includes during the events “Deirdre Logue: Very Selected Works, 2005-2022” and “Ash Barbu in Conversation with Deirdre Logue,” which will be held in the Southern Cross.
Mask Required Zones: Main Hall, restrooms
All audience members and artists attending screenings and events occurring in the Main Hall will be required to wear a high-quality N-95 mask.
To ensure the continued safety of our immunocompromised staff, volunteers, audience members, and artists, we ask that all attendees wear masks while using the restrooms.
All TQFF staff and volunteers will be wearing masks while on site and interacting with artists and audience members.
Finally, TQFF strictly upholds the Ontario Human Rights Code. We will not tolerate any open acts of hostility or discrimination towards our staff or community members.
We will supply high quality N-95 masks at the box office at the main entrance and we will practice continuous air filtration throughout the venue.
Some general recommendations:
- Please wear a high quality respirator in the masked zone (e.g. N95, KF94, KN95 equivalent) that fits you well. We will offer free N95 respirators on site.
- We recommend testing before the event if you are feeling unwell or experiencing any cough or flu-like symptoms.
- If you start to feel unwell during the event please keep your mask on, let our staff know, and exit the physical space if you can.
- We also understand that continuous masking may be a potential barrier for some, including those with different sensory needs and those who need to see full facial expressions or who use lip-reading for communication. Please reach out to our staff with any questions concerning our masking policy. access@torontoqueerfilmfest.com.